Scream Truck franchise
2026 filing · April 28, 2026Shares sales figures
Scream Truck at a glance
An ice cream truck business offering booked neighborhood deliveries and private events through an app. At the end of 2025 there were 13 Scream Truck locations in the US, 1 franchised and 12 company-owned, so most are run by the company itself.
The business
- Franchisor
- We Scream, LLC
- The company that sells the franchises
- Current franchisor selling since
- 2024
- 2 years of selling franchises
- Franchisor based in
- Short Hills, New Jersey
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $305K–$396K
- Fee, build-out and opening working capital
- Franchise fee
- $45,000
- For the first truck
- Royalty
- 6%
- 6% of gross revenue, paid weekly. A brand development fund of up to 2% is set at 0% for now
- Brand fund
- None now
- Not charged at present (0%); up to 2% of weekly gross revenue
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Franchisor financing
- None offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2025
- 13
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 1
- Company-owned
- 12
- States
- 1
- Most in New Jersey
From We Scream, LLC’s 2026 filing; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Where it ranks
Scream Truck among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Scream Truck | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $350,363 | Costs less than 51% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $45,000 | Higher than 55% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6% | Higher than 35% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 13 | Fewer than 57% of franchises |
How much a Scream Truck franchise costs
Opening one Scream Truck costs an estimated $305,050 to $395,675. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 1
Scream Truck franchise fee
The franchise fee is $45,000, for the first truck. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 9
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6% of gross revenue, paid weekly. A brand development fund of up to 2% is set at 0% for now. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | Not charged at present (0%); up to 2% of weekly gross revenue. |
| Transfer Fee | $10,000 plus any third-party broker fees if applicable. |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 10
Other fees as filed, from page 12. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Scream Truck publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 37
- Estimate Estimated yearly sales per location
- $320K–$560K
Estimated from the sales that 292 comparable franchises file, matched on industry, format, cost to open, fees and size.
How Scream Truck compares
Of the 101 ice cream franchises on this site, Scream Truck is the 59th cheapest to open and the 59th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Scream Truck | Typical ice cream brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $305K | $285K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $396K | $597K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $45K | $35K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| US locations | 13 | 18 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 76 of 101 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 101 brands in ice cream franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 (0) | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 (0) | 12 |
| 2024 | 1 (+1) | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 (0) | 12 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating. Outlets are trucks.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: ice cream franchise costs and franchise failure rates.
Over 4 years, from the start of 2022 to the end of 2025, franchised locations went from 0 to 1 (+1). The earlier years come from the brand's 2025 filing.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 39
2022: We Scream, LLC, 2025 filing, page 41
Where Scream Truck locations are
At the end of 2025, Scream Truck had locations in 1 state. The most are in New Jersey.
- New Jersey13
| State | Franchised | Company-owned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 1 | 12 | 13 |
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, page 41
Who owns Scream Truck?
Scream Truck franchises are sold by We Scream, LLC.
From We Scream, LLC’s 2026 filing.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on page 9. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: We Scream, LLC, 2026 filing, litigation on page 9, bankruptcy on page 9
Scream Truck filings
A franchisor files a new disclosure each year it sells franchises. The figures on this page come from We Scream, LLC’s 2026 filing, issued April 28, 2026; the earlier ones below are on record with the NASAA Electronic Filing Depository and fill in older location counts.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 filing | April 28, 2026 | NASAA depository | Costs, fees and locations, 2023–2025 |
| 2025 filing | September 1, 2025 | NASAA depository | Locations, 2022 |
Each link opens the filing as a PDF. See the newest filings across all brands.
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